8/27/09: A Week in Crime, Day 4

Animals are considered property in the eyes of the law. So when a man pulled a pistol out and shot 3-year-old Cinnamon for barking at him, the police filed a report for vandalism. Cinnamon was shot in plain view of her 12-year-old owner, Cornecia Crowley (not pictured). The bullet entered the dog's shoulder and passed through her belly, leaving her frightened and bleeding badly, but alive. Chelsea Crowley, 7, walks by Cinnamon in the family's driveway while they wait for Animal Services to pick up the dog because they can't afford to take it to an emergency hospital. Cinnamon was put down two days after the shooting.

An MPD Crime Apprehension Team takes a man into custody after he was found driving a vehicle not registered to him in the 1400 block of Orr. The man is a known offender to the officers.

Karen Spencer McGee, 45, (right) hugs James Etta Moore as she prepares to leave her rented home on South Orleans for the final time after vandals struck. McGee has been living in the home for four months, raising five children between the ages of 6 and 16. During that time she has been broken into five times, her dog was poisoned, she found prostitutes having sex in her backyard, and her life was threatened. Frustrated that her children can't play outside, she is moving out. She often offers support and prays for Moore, whose 17-year-old daughter, Tia Maria Moore, was murdered in 2005.

An MPD Crime Apprehension Team checks men for illegal items after finding them loitering in a known high crime area on N. Hollywood near Shasta.

MPD Officer Tony Alexander, searches a car for drugs after smelling a strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle on a traffic stop. The car was stopped for expired tags, and the driver had no identification.

Det. Billy Byrd and K-9 officer Dixie search long grass in the 1600 block of Rockdale for drugs after a suspect was taken into custody in the area by the MPD Crime Apprehension Team.

Task force officers Kenneth Walcott and Kenneth Johnson, left, from the Mt. Moriah precinct, take a suspected burglar into custody in East Memphis.

Officers Kenneth Walcott, left, and Kenneth Johnson celebrate after making a burglary collar in East Memphis. Two suspects had been seen hiding stolen power tools, but disappeared into one of the nearby houses. Surveillance of the street yielded results when the pair emerged several hours later to try to make good their escape.